Neil Josten joins the Palmetto State Foxes under a storm of lies, scars, and a past that's closing in fast. When Coach Wymack introduces him to the team, the tension is instant-especially with Andrew Minyard, the cold-eyed goalkeeper who doesn't believe in second chances or soft boys with secrets. But what starts as a demand from Wymack to "communicate better" leads to something unexpected: a box of exchanged letters, passed in secret and written when words feel too dangerous to say out loud. Some letters hurt. Some heal. Some confess things neither boy dares to say aloud. In fifteen letters, they unravel and remake each other. And in the end, maybe-just maybe-they find something worth staying for. Because sometimes, the most powerful promises are the ones written on paper.

When Neil Josten goes in for a routine checkup after practice, he doesn't expect a death sentence. Diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and given one month to live, Neil faces the impossible: telling the family he built from broken pieces that he's breaking again-and this time, no one can fix it. As the clock runs down, the Foxes rally around their striker in the only way they know how: with loyalty, rage, and unrelenting love. From whispered goodbyes to one final match that will go down in Exy history, One Last Goal is a heart-wrenching, bittersweet tribute to found family, courage, and what it means to leave a legacy behind. Neil has one month to live. He plans to spend every second of it with the people who made him want to stay.

❝Maybe we're two sides of the same coin. Closing our eyes to help us avoid, That only one of us can land face up in the toss.❞ ━A MUNDANE / RIVAL LAWYERS MALEC AU